Kitchen

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One or two

[Snowpuppy]

I cheated. I picked up a couple of pumpkin rolls when I was in Amish country.

They are yummy, cream cheese filled with a dollop of buttercream frosting on top. Served with a bit of vanilla ice cream. Will probably add a pumpkin pie and perhaps an apple pie or cobbler.

Some here mentioned extending Thanksgiving dinner(s) thru the weekend. Wonderful idea since we have a birthday to celebrate that weekend as well!

[Sooner]

My mom's rule was 6 people 6 to 8 desserts like pies or cakes. No, I am not kidding. Sometimes when we'd have about 15 people, she'd cut down to maybe 10 desserts.

[Yahooey]

On 11/11/2014 house_cat said:

On 11/11/2014 Yahooey said:

On 11/11/2014 house_cat said:

Hi, Yahooey! We'll be having only one, since there are only five of us. If it were up to me it would be carrot cake, but I'm the only one who likes it. I suppose it will be a pie of some sort, mostly likely apple.

I love carrot cake. Never made one though. I tend to favor French apple tart than apple pie. I figure since the tart has no top crust, I can eat another slice. Mind games. Lol Enjoy your pie. Ala mode?

I'm a purist. I like mine plain and the only one I'll eat is my own. When I was a child I found the core in a store bought pie and that turned me off. I know what goes into my own, I can't count on what someone else puts into theirs. Hubby likes it ala mode, as does my mom, so I'll have a small carton of Haagendaaz vanilla on hand. I'd love the apple tart recipe if you have a special one.

This is for you, Yahooey!

housecat - that's how I got Yahooey. I watched the cartoon as a kid. Always thought the names were funny Yippee Yappy and Yahooey. Yahooey always came in last and crashed into walls as he entered. When I needed any kind of name - I used Yahooey. It has nothing to do with Yahoo as it predates it. I watched a clip on you tube years later and thought it doesn't hold up as The Flintstones.

The French Apple Tart came from a guest Leslie M on Baking with Julia. The tart isn't very sweet and contains mostly apples. I usually always cut down on sugar in dessert recipes. Maybe I cut only a smidge. Enjoy!

http://www.alacartetv.com/baking/recipes/french_apple_tart.htm

[Gooday]

Probably the pumpkin dump cake or Paula Deen's recipe for pumpkin gooey cake. Tough decision. I love anything pumpkin.

[Yahooey]

Housecat - for you. My first dessert in my first tart pan. I always thought a tart pan was fancy. I only did this for the first time either last year or early this year. I bought the pan because I saw the episode on the apple tart.

[Yahooey]

as you can tell my crust is still a work in progress

[chrystaltree]

I haven't decided yet. It wouldn't be a real Thanksgiving at our house without pies. So, I always serve an apple pie and a squash pie. I have a nephew doesn't like any dessert except for vanilla birthday cake with white icing, from a bakery. So, I always get small cake for him. My niece always brings a platter of brownies. I want another, something lighter with fruit. A trifle of some sort, I think.

[jaxs mom]

On 11/11/2014 chickenbutt said:

I only make one. One is plenty for us.

I think we are the oddity, however, as I notice more people here make a massive amount of courses and several desserts. I make four courses plus the one dessert, which is whatever the husband chooses.

I don't even do four courses, although technically it seems you're doing five with dessert. We just have our main course and dessert. No apps, I don't do salad a separate course but then we never have salad on Thanksgiving anyway. When I was a kid we always had appetizers but we also had the grandparents, aunts, uncles, all the cousins.

[jaxs mom]

On 11/11/2014 Sooner said:

My mom's rule was 6 people 6 to 8 desserts like pies or cakes. No, I am not kidding. Sometimes when we'd have about 15 people, she'd cut down to maybe 10 desserts.

Was she sending most of that bounty home with the guests? That is a lot of desserts and I say this as an avid baker lol.